Patents by Inventor Chigusa NAKATA
Chigusa NAKATA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10630783Abstract: A terminal management apparatus includes a first connection unit, a second connection unit, a setup information management unit, and a communication controller. The first connection unit is connectable to a terminal apparatus via a wireless communication link. The terminal apparatus serves as a target being managed. The second connection unit is connectable to the terminal apparatus via at least one of a wireless communication link and a wired communication line using a connection path different from a connection path used by the first connection unit. The setup information management unit obtains and manages setup information used for establishing a connection with the terminal apparatus, from the terminal apparatus via the first connection unit. The communication controller connects to the terminal apparatus via the second communication unit using identification information of the terminal apparatus managed by the setup information management unit, and communicates with the terminal apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Kuroishi, Chigusa Nakata, Hiroshi Honda, Eiji Nishi, Yoshihiro Sekine, Hiroshi Mikuriya, Takeshi Furuya, Ryuichi Ishizuka
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Patent number: 10477043Abstract: A document processing apparatus includes an image processing unit, a target determination unit, a text reading unit, and a keyword extraction unit. The image processing unit processes an image. The target determination unit determines whether an image that is a target of a process executed by the image processing unit is to be used as a keyword extraction target. The text reading unit reads a text from the image processed by the image processing unit. The keyword extraction unit extracts a keyword from the text read by the text reading unit from an image determined to be a keyword extraction target by the target determination unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Kuroishi, Chigusa Nakata, Hiroshi Honda, Eiji Nishi, Yoshihiro Sekine, Hiroshi Mikuriya, Takeshi Furuya, Ryuichi Ishizuka
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Patent number: 10303138Abstract: An equipment control system includes an equipment control device that controls equipment provided in an office room, and an external control device that is provided outside the office room and controls the equipment provided in the office room via the equipment control device, wherein when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a control device that controls the equipment is switched from one of the equipment control device and the external control device to the other.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Sekine, Chigusa Nakata, Hiroshi Honda, Eiji Nishi, Kenji Kuroishi, Hiroshi Mikuriya, Takeshi Furuya, Ryuichi Ishizuka, Keita Sakakura
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Patent number: 10178261Abstract: A system includes at least one controlled device that is controlled based on control information output from an external device, and an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording material and communicate with the external device and the controlled device, wherein the image forming apparatus includes a transceiver that receives the control information from the external device and transmits the control information to the controlled device, and a transmission controller that stops the transmission of the control information by the transceiver or changes contents of the control information to be transmitted by the transceiver.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Sekine, Chigusa Nakata, Hiroshi Honda, Eiji Nishi, Kenji Kuroishi, Hiroshi Mikuriya, Takeshi Furuya, Ryuichi Ishizuka
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Patent number: 10178251Abstract: Provided is an information processing system including a provided device information acquiring section that acquires provided device information which is information on a device provided in an office room, and an output section that outputs information on a service which is providable to a user in an office room, based on the provided device information acquired by the provided device information acquiring section.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2017Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Sekine, Chigusa Nakata, Hiroshi Honda, Eiji Nishi, Kenji Kuroishi, Hiroshi Mikuriya, Takeshi Furuya, Ryuichi Ishizuka
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Patent number: 10146492Abstract: An information processing system includes an image forming apparatus that includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, receives information from a device provided in an office room, and transmits the information to an external device, and an information processing apparatus that is capable of receiving the information from the device, and transmits the information from the device to the external device when the image forming apparatus is not capable of transmitting the information to the external device.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryuichi Ishizuka, Chigusa Nakata, Hiroshi Honda, Eiji Nishi, Yoshihiro Sekine, Kenji Kuroishi, Hiroshi Mikuriya, Takeshi Furuya
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Patent number: 10091614Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a mobile position information acquiring unit configured to acquire position information obtained by a mobile terminal possessed by an operator who operates a machine, and an instruction unit configured to issue an instruction concerning acquisition of the position information of the mobile terminal when a difference between a position obtained from the position information of the mobile terminal acquired by the mobile position information acquiring unit and a position of the machine exceeds a predetermined first criterion.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2017Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Mikuriya, Eiji Nishi, Chigusa Nakata, Takeshi Furuya, Ryuichi Ishizuka, Kenji Kuroishi, Yoshihiro Sekine, Hiroshi Honda, Keita Sakakura
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Publication number: 20180278350Abstract: A relay apparatus includes a transmission/reception unit, a relay processing unit, a holding unit, an acquisition unit, and an inspection unit. The transmission/reception unit transmits and receives information via a network. The relay processing unit relays terminal information transmitted from a terminal apparatus via the transmission/reception unit, and transmits the terminal information to an information management apparatus that manages the terminal information which is acquired by the terminal apparatus. The holding unit holds the terminal information which is relayed by the relay processing unit. The acquisition unit acquires the terminal information which is managed by the information management apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2017Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Eiji NISHI, Keita SAKAKURA, Ryuichi ISHIZUKA, Chigusa NAKATA, Hiroshi HONDA, Yoshihiro SEKINE, Kenji KUROISHI, Hiroshi MIKURIYA, Takeshi FURUYA
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Publication number: 20180278755Abstract: An image management system includes an image output apparatus and an image management server. The image output apparatus displays and outputs an image. The image management server manages the image output from the image output apparatus. The image output apparatus captures, as image files, an image that is based on a specific data file and an image that is not based on the specific data file, in accordance with a predetermined capture condition, and transmits the image files to the image management server. The image management server includes a management unit that holds the image files received from the image output apparatus, and manages the image that is not based on the specific data file in association with the specific data file, and a communication controller that transmits, when receiving a request for an image, the request specifying the specific data file, the image associated with the specific data file.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Eiji NISHI, Keita SAKAKURA, Ryuichi ISHIZUKA, Chigusa NAKATA, Hiroshi HONDA, Yoshihiro SEKINE, Kenji KUROISHI, Hiroshi MIKURIYA, Takeshi FURUYA
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Publication number: 20180262635Abstract: A document processing apparatus includes an image processing unit, a target determination unit, a text reading unit, and a keyword extraction unit. The image processing unit processes an image. The target determination unit determines whether an image that is a target of a process executed by the image processing unit is to be used as a keyword extraction target. The text reading unit reads a text from the image processed by the image processing unit. The keyword extraction unit extracts a keyword from the text read by the text reading unit from an image determined to be a keyword extraction target by the target determination unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2017Publication date: September 13, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji KUROISHI, Chigusa NAKATA, Hiroshi HONDA, Eiji NISHI, Yoshihiro SEKINE, Hiroshi MIKURIYA, Takeshi FURUYA, Ryuichi ISHIZUKA
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Patent number: 10057436Abstract: Provided is a device management system including plural situation grasping devices that are provided in an office room, each of which grasps surrounding situations, and an image forming apparatus that is provided in the office room, includes a storage unit storing information on the plural situation grasping devices, and forms an image on a recording material.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2017Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Honda, Chigusa Nakata, Eiji Nishi, Yoshihiro Sekine, Kenji Kuroishi, Hiroshi Mikuriya, Takeshi Furuya, Ryuichi Ishizuka
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Patent number: 10055173Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including a reading unit that reads information from a recording medium on which information on a situation grasping device is written, an acquiring unit that acquires specific information for specifying the situation grasping device from the information read by the reading unit, and a setting unit that sets association with the situation grasping device using the specific information acquired by the acquiring unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Furuya, Chigusa Nakata, Hiroshi Honda, Eiji Nishi, Yoshihiro Sekine, Kenji Kuroishi, Hiroshi Mikuriya, Ryuichi Ishizuka
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Publication number: 20180219952Abstract: A terminal management apparatus includes a first connection unit, a second connection unit, a setup information management unit, and a communication controller. The first connection unit is connectable to a terminal apparatus via a wireless communication link. The terminal apparatus serves as a target being managed. The second connection unit is connectable to the terminal apparatus via at least one of a wireless communication link and a wired communication line using a connection path different from a connection path used by the first connection unit. The setup information management unit obtains and manages setup information used for establishing a connection with the terminal apparatus, from the terminal apparatus via the first connection unit. The communication controller connects to the terminal apparatus via the second communication unit using identification information of the terminal apparatus managed by the setup information management unit, and communicates with the terminal apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji KUROISHI, Chigusa NAKATA, Hiroshi HONDA, Eiji NISHI, Yoshihiro SEKINE, Hiroshi MIKURIYA, Takeshi FURUYA, Ryuichi ISHIZUKA
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Publication number: 20180213039Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a communication unit and a communication controller. The communication unit communicates with an external apparatus with which communication is enabled for a limited period. In a predetermined period including a period which is set as the limited period for which communication with the external apparatus is enabled, the communication controller controls the communication unit so as to establish, for communication, a connection with the external apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2017Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji KUROISHI, Chigusa NAKATA, Hiroshi HONDA, Yoshihiro SEKINE, Hiroshi MIKURIYA, Takeshi FURUYA, Ryuichi ISHIZUKA, Eiji NISHI
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Publication number: 20180205837Abstract: A relay apparatus includes a transmission/reception unit, a relay processing unit, an error detection unit, and an error information acquisition unit. The transmission/reception unit transmits and receives data to and from terminal apparatuses via a network. The relay processing unit causes the transmission/reception unit to transmit data, which have been transmitted from one of the terminal apparatuses and received by the transmission/reception unit, to a terminal apparatus set as a transmission destination. The error detection unit detects an error in communication processed by the relay processing unit. The error information acquisition unit acquires information about the communication in which an error has been detected by the error detection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2017Publication date: July 19, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Eiji NISHI, Keita SAKAKURA, Ryuichi ISHIZUKA, Chigusa NAKATA, Hiroshi HONDA, Yoshihiro SEKINE, Kenji KUROISHI, Hiroshi MIKURIYA, Takeshi FURUYA
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Publication number: 20180181092Abstract: An equipment control system includes an equipment control device that controls equipment provided in an office room, and an external control device that is provided outside the office room and controls the equipment provided in the office room via the equipment control device, wherein when a predetermined condition is satisfied, a control device that controls the equipment is switched from one of the equipment control device and the external control device to the other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro SEKINE, Chigusa NAKATA, Hiroshi HONDA, Eiji NISHI, Kenji KUROISHI, Hiroshi MIKURIYA, Takeshi FURUYA, Ryuichi ISHIZUKA, Keita SAKAKURA
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Publication number: 20180176732Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a mobile position information acquiring unit configured to acquire position information obtained by a mobile terminal possessed by an operator who operates a machine, and an instruction unit configured to issue an instruction concerning acquisition of the position information of the mobile terminal when a difference between a position obtained from the position information of the mobile terminal acquired by the mobile position information acquiring unit and a position of the machine exceeds a predetermined first criterion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi MIKURIYA, Eiji NISHI, Chigusa NAKATA, Takeshi FURUYA, Ryuichi ISHIZUKA, Kenji KUROISHI, Yoshihiro SEKINE, Hiroshi HONDA, Keita SAKAKURA
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Publication number: 20180074767Abstract: An information processing system includes an image forming apparatus that includes an image forming unit that forms an image on a recording medium, receives information from a device provided in an office room, and transmits the information to an external device, and an information processing apparatus that is capable of receiving the information from the device, and transmits the information from the device to the external device when the image forming apparatus is not capable of transmitting the information to the external device.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryuichi ISHIZUKA, Chigusa NAKATA, Hiroshi HONDA, Eiji NISHI, Yoshihiro SEKINE, Kenji KUROISHI, Hiroshi MIKURIYA, Takeshi FURUYA
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Publication number: 20180074765Abstract: Provided is an image forming apparatus including a printing unit that is capable of performing printing on a recording medium using information from terminal devices, a history information holding unit that holds printing history information including information of each of the terminal devices that have performed printing using the printing unit, and an identification unit that identifies status grasping target terminal devices by the information of the terminal devices, the information being included in the printing history information.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2017Publication date: March 15, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryuichi ISHIZUKA, Chigusa NAKATA, Hiroshi HONDA, Eiji NISHI, Yoshihiro SEKINE, Kenji KUROISHI, Hiroshi MIKURIYA, Takeshi FURUYA
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Publication number: 20180069975Abstract: Provided is an information display system including plural situation grasping devices that are provided in an office room, each of which grasps surrounding situations, and an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a recording medium, the image forming apparatus being provided in the office room and including a display which displays location related information of the situation grasping devices in the office room.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2017Publication date: March 8, 2018Applicant: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi HONDA, Chigusa NAKATA, Eiji NISHI, Yoshihiro SEKINE, Kenji KUROISHI, Hiroshi MIKURIYA, Takeshi FURUYA, Ryuichi ISHIZUKA